HI Pinays In Action and Friends!
The most enduring All-Women Run in the country is here!!! The Pinay In Action 1.6k/ 5k/ 10k run events will be held on March 13, 2010 at the SM Mall Of Asia. Come and Run with our Top Pinay In Action Senator Pia Cayetano!
For more details please visit http://www.pinayinaction.com
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IronKids Squad Sessions will be held in Manila Polo Club initially. This is what we’ve all been waiting for! Parents, go and register your kids for the events now!
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The Inaugural Cebu Marathon which was organized by Jane Jane Ong and friends last weekend was a tremendous success. Pia, Noel, and I ran with the racers and were glad to be part of the festivities, complete with fireworks.
It was a quick trip but was really happy to see friends from Cebu… Jane, Annie, Veronica, Andrew, Haidee, Ripples among others. We missed Bull Runner Jaymie, Coach Rio and Kaye, Noy and Amale (I think they were too fast haha) but we saw Joyette from David’s Salon and Mat from TBB, and Lara and Christine from Women’s Health. The Timex people were there to help out too. Plus we also got to eat our favorite mangoes and Leony’s Cakes… mmmm!
This should totally be an annual event!!!! Congratulations guys!!!
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I was extremely flattered when Jaymie Pizarro, aka The Bull Runner, asked me to pose for the Jan Feb 2010 issue of her magazine. I felt a bit unworthy as the previous covers were Pia Cayetano, Drew Arellano and Tessa Valdes but how could I say no! 🙂
I gamely posed for Ben Chan and answered Marga Deona’s interview and here is the cover photo… can’t wait to see the magazine! Jaymie said it will be out by the 17th.
Thanks so much Team TBR!!!
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One of the perks of being a Timex athlete, aside from getting really cool Timex gear, is meeting other Timex athletes! Me and my gal pals Tessa Leana Lara and Lea were bent on having a blast for this particular run, and we did…. and we even saw other Timex athletes on the road, like Team Timex, Coach Rio, Polo Tri, and, ahem.. Piolo Pascual. Not a bad deal eh?
To make the morning even more awesome, we watched the Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto fight in the Timex tent with other runners. It was my first time to watch a boxing match with so many other people, I didn’t realize how much fun it was! Met new friends as well, like DJ Hilary of 88.3 and Leo, whom I always see running in Ultra but was never introduced to. Manny outdid himself and claimed his seventh world title, and I could feel the whole tent bursting with Pinoy Pride.
After this I crossed EDSA to meet up with my family at the Global Pinoy Bazaar at the Rockwell Tent. It was a great collection of Filipino Made products at bargain prices. Kudos to Yabang Pinoy for putting up a splendid display! Pinoy Pride, indeed was the order of the day. I love it!
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Just present your race bib to enjoy 20% discount on regular-priced Timex watches worth P3000 and above. Get huge savings when you buy a pair of Timex watches. (Offer is for selected promo watches only.) Get the much talked about “I’m running with Piolo” t-shirt for P300 ONLY when you buy Timex items on Nov. 15. Buy UNICEF cards and gifts, and get 20% discount on all Flojos items. Visit www.timexwatches.com.ph for more details. It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas at the 2009 Timex Run. Don’t miss it!
More prizes and awards to be given away at the 2009 Timex Run! A total of 26 Timex watches will be raffled off and given away as prizes for online games and special awards. Visit www.timexwatches.com.ph to join “Guess the Bib No. and Finish Time of Piolo Pascual” online game for a chance to win a fabulous Timex watch. And aside from the 24 category winners of the 3k, 5k, 10k, and 21k distances, we will also be awarding the youngest runner and the oldest runner registered for the event. They will each receive a Timex watch and a gift pack from Nature Valley Crunchy Granola Bar. The largest group/club/team/company delegation will also receive 5 Timex watches as their prize. Christmas just came earlier this year! See you at the 2009 Timex Run!
The fun and excitement never stops at the 2009 Timex Run! Not only do you get a chance to run and take souvenir photos with running coach extraordinaire, Coach Rio, and every girl’s dream boy, Piolo Pascual, but as a participant of the 2009 Timex Run, you also get a chance to watch the Pacquiao-Cotto fight LIVE on an LED screen ABSOLUTELY FREE courtesy of Cignal and Smart Telecommunications. And for only P500 per person, you can enjoy a sumptuous eat-all-you-can brunch buffet while waiting for the title fight in the comfort of an air-conditioned tent, courtesy of Paul Calvin’s Deli. Tables and seats inside the tent are reserved for those who avail of the brunch buffet so buy your tickets ahead of time and get a head start so you can still pick the best seats. Only 500 meal tickets will be available for pre-purchase by Friday, November 6, at Nike Park, Bonifacio High Street until supplies last. But race participants who prefer to eat elsewhere are free to stay and watch the fight as long as they don’t mind the “standing room only” policy for non-diners.
This is just the tip of the iceberg, a mere taste of things to come at the 2009 Timex Run. More surprises await you on race day!
Hello Timex Runners! With the holidays fast approaching, more and more events are being scheduled in Bonifacio Global City. Based on our recent meeting with Fort Bonifacio Development Corporation, we have been advised that fun run events scheduled in the next coming months will have to be slightly relocated in order to accommodate other events. In line with this, we would like to inform everyone that there will be some minor changes with regards to the location of the start/finish area and the 3km race route of the 2009 Timex Run. Please take note that the start/finish area has been moved from 8th Avenue to 28th Avenue. This is the same set up as the Adidas King of the Road held last October 25. Rest assured that although there will be some rerouting with regards to the 3km race route, this minor adjustment will not greatly affect that of the other distances. To view the updated route maps for 3km, 5km, 10km, and 21km, please visit http://www.runrio.com. Our apologies for any inconvenience this might cause. Thank you for your kind understanding. Sincerely, Coach Rio
Tour Of Matabungkay Team Time Trial – Batangas, Oct 24 2009
There are some races which are fun, some which are painful, some which are tough and lonely, and then there is the Team Time Trial. Which I ABSOLUTELY LOVE. Maybe because I love time trialing per se. Or because I love when we all look so professional and slick in our matching cycling kits. And then there are my female teammates. Who Absolutely, Positively, ROCK. I just love being part of this relatively new all girls cycling team and am really proud of what we have done in so little time. We were the first women’s team to cross the line!
Special thanks to Doray for putting it all together the past few weeks, my work as captain was much easier on race day (all I had to do was keep shouting at them, and trust me after coaching for years this comes quite naturally to me by now). Thanks to Rizzo Tangan, Bea Locsin, Tonichi Balaguer, and Mimi Lucas. Love you girls!
P.S. Fitness First Cycling Ladies Team is actually a combination of Fitness First, Polo Tri, and Sabak Tri ladies 🙂
P.P.S. Thanks Anthony Balaguer for letting me use your wonderful photos!!!
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ADIDAS King Of The Road- Taguig and Makati, Oct 25 2009
Today was a great 21k training race, one that I did not expect to have the day after riding hard with my teammates in the Tour of Matabungkay… I was just glad to make it to the race venue before 5am. I drove home late from the race in Batangas the night before to make sure my sponsor would be happy! Sleep I need! I saw Lea Caringal organizing all of her Adidas athletes and after her trusty photog Nesty took some snapshots we hurried to the start line. Soon enough we were surrounded by uber bright yellow singlets and then it was quite easy to stay alert. When the gun went off something inside me woke up as well and even though I had agreed to just run with Joey and Paolo (oops sorry guys) I mindlessly dashed madly with the crowd… something that surprised even myself as I am always scolding my students not to do this exact thing! Hahaha….
Anyhow it turned out to be a good race, I was happily dancing to the music at the aid stations and thanked the cheerleaders for holding up encouraging placards for the runners. I also kept cheering for all the students I ran into. The food and drink were plentiful, which is always important. I was running in 5th place for most of the race and was actually content to stay there til I noticed at the last turnaround that the two girls in front of me were not doing so well. I decided then that I could still afford to pick up my pace a little bit and that was enough to get me into 3rd place. Cool! After the awarding I looked into my goodie bag and found out that I got a Globe Tattoo– way cool!
That afternoon after a well-deserved nap I coached the SuperTriKids for their Bike and Run session. What a great weekend!
Thanks Patricia and Paolo for the pics!!!
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IMPORTANT UPDATE ON ADIDAS RUNNING CLINIC SCHEDULE: As of Oct 13, 2009, Due to the closure of ULTRA Track Oval, meeting place will be moved to Fitness First Fort Bonifacio Club, 6pm. COACH ANI.
Perks up for grabs when you register for the Adidas King of the Road:
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Registration on-going Registration for the 2009 adidas King of the Road (KOTR) on October 25 is ongoing in 14 venues in Metro Manila. The event covers three running distances, 5k, 10k and 21k and the fee is P500. It will be held at the Fort Bonifacio in Taguig City.
Adidas offers free running clinics with Ani De Leon: Renowned tri athlete and coach Ani De Leon will offer free running clinics in preparation for the adidas King of the Road! Ani De Leon believes that running, like any other sports, requires training and preparation to avoid any unnecessary injuries or health risks especially if you are a first-time runner or someone who has health-related risks maybe due to age. You can enjoy running at its fullest if you train and prepare for it and through adidas, Miss De Leon will train you for your run for free!
Free running clinics are scheduled every Tuesday and Thursday, 6:00 P.M. – 8:00 P.M. from October 6 – 22 at the ULTRA Running Oval. Registration is simple, just send an e-mail expressing your interest to avail of the free running clinics to adidas_kingoftheroad_2k9@yahoo.com also include your contact details so we can coordinate with you.
Mi adidas discounts Perks never run out once you register for the KOTR. Just present your registration receipt at the counter to avail 50% off your mi adidas. You can now customize your shoes according to your style using the high-tech software available at the adidas flagship store in Greenbelt 3. Hurry as there are limited coupons available!
Running Expo on October 17-18 For the first time, adidas will conduct a Running Expo on October 17 to 18 at the SM Megamall Megatrade Hall from 10:00 A.M. – 8:00 P.M. for all KOTR participants! Carbo-loading, exhibits, seminars, distribution of singlets, race bibs, presentations and a lot more surprises await all KOTR runners.
Get the latest on King of the Road from Facebook and E-group Get the latest from adidas about the King of the Road. Add us up in your Facebook accounts! Just search for adidas Running Philippines. Exciting prizes await you loyal King of the Road marathoners! Just add our e-group at http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/adidas_kingoftheroad_2k9/ King of the Road for a good cause The King of the Road is for a good cause as this year, the HOPE worldwide Philippines, Inc., an organization which upholds children protection and welfare will be its beneficiary.
Register now and experience the joys of running only with Adidas. Because every runner is different.
We couldn’t be more grateful with the success of this year’s Gabriel’s Symphony. Our tagline has always been “Making Children’s Lives Better.” And we definitely achieved that with this event in more ways than one–even the adults were happy!
Our usual events went by quickly, Fun Runs, SuperTrikids Aquathlon and Triathlon, Pinay In Action All Womens Tri, Corporate and Individual Relays…. and this year we had some new additions, including the CareWell Bikes For Hope wherein we raffled off a Giant OCR Bike, an IRONMAN Distance Relay, and Demonstrations in Swimming and Table Tennis by Visually Impaired Children (they were amazing, by the way!).
Maiqui Dayrit, who is always our top individual fundraiser, raised close to P280,000.00 for doing his annual Ironman Distance Triathlon! He is a rockstar. He did it in a time of 11:33 too!!! Well within 12hours.
Thank you so much to all the participants who supported the cause. You have really made a huge difference in a child’s life!!! http://gabrielsymphony.com/gabriel/gabrielarticle.php?recordID=3
Thanks to Andie Lagman, Paolo Sauler, and Celda Santos for the pictures.
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